Who was born first, Gregor Mendel or Victor Hugo?

Victor Hugo was born first, in 1802. Gregor Mendel was born in 1822.

Gregor Mendel & Victor Hugo

Did Gregor Mendel and Victor Hugo live at the same time?

Yes. Gregor Mendel and Victor Hugo lived at the same time for 62 years, from 1822 to 1884.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Gregor Mendel · Victor Hugo · Born in 1822 · Born in 1802

Les Misérables, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame

18021885

Gregor Mendel

Victor Hugo

Gregor Mendel

Science & Invention

Born in Hynčice

Died in Brno

Victor Hugo

Literature

Born in Besançon

Died in Paris

World Events During Their Overlap

1825 First public railway opens in England

1833 Slavery abolished in British Empire

1838 First photograph of a person taken

1848 Revolutions of 1848 sweep Europe

1853 Crimean War begins

1859 Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species

1861 American Civil War begins

1865 Abolition of slavery in the United States

1869 Suez Canal opens

1871 Unification of Germany

1876 Alexander Graham Bell patents the telephone

1884 Berlin Conference partitions Africa

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Sources

Gregor Mendel — Wikipedia
Gregor Mendel (Q37970) — Wikidata
Victor Hugo — Wikipedia
Victor Hugo (Q535) — Wikidata